DAVID BIANCULLI

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2008
Jun
15
 
 
The ION network makes its own leap back weeknights this summer by stacking some escapist hours of recent vintage...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
13
 
 
Father's Day is Sunday, and this year, it seems, it's a day to wallow in nostalgia, on or about TV. Sunday night offers competing prime-time awards shows: "The Tony Awards" on CBS, featuring an amazing competition among Broadway musical revivals, and the "TV Land Awards," a nonstop stroll down TV's memory lane...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
12
 
 
Even when I come to new series with apprehension, I'm prepared, and often hoping, to be pleasantly surprised. And I must admit that NBC's "Celebrity Circus," which premiered last night and was unavailable for preview because it was performed live, wasn't as bad as I expected. It was worse...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
12
 
 
From "Father Knows Best" to "Married . . . With Children," we've got some fun (and funky) DVD recommendations for Sunday's Father's Day yearly salute. Either of the wildly unrelated comedies above provides amusing viewing, along with a few other sets we've seen and recommend...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
11
 
 
The sportscaster's sportscaster who died last week is now honored with an encore of HBO's acclaimed 2003 portrait Jim McKay: My World in My Words, an intimate look at not just a star reporter but a soulful human being...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
11
 
 
Tonight at 9:30 ET, NBC proudly presents its latest reality-TV competition show, "Celebrity Circus." I say "proudly," because here it is, occupying valuable prime time at a time when network TV desperately needs to attract viewers, not repel them...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
10
 
 
At the start of the 21st century, releasing TV series on DVD seemed like a gold mine so rich, so deep, the vein would never run dry. Less than a decade later, there still are plenty of old television series to be repackaged and sold -- but already, there's a serious problem. So many shows -- so little shelf space...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
10
 
 
Expatriate director Stanley Kubrick dazzled and mystified film freaks back in 1968 with his mind-blowing 2001: A Space Odyssey...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
10
 
 
Set this DVR for this genuine curio, a 1966 feature film with Dick Van Dyke Showwriters' room sidekicks Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2008
Jun
9
 
 
There aren't many good side effects to the 2007-08 writers' strike, but one is just starting to become evident. A wealth of quality documentaries has been scheduled for summer -- some as ongoing recurring series, others scheduled to help fill the holes caused by a lack of scripted programming...